College ice hockey tournament
The 2016 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 11 and March 19, 2016, at four conference arenas and the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan . By winning the tournament, Ferris State was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament .
This was the last WCHA tournament where an All-Tournament Team was named. This is also the only year with an All-Tournament Team where the Tournament MVP was not also named to the All-Tournament Team.[ 1]
The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. The top eight conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.
The winners of the first round series advance to the Van Andel Arena for the WCHA Final Five, a holdover from previous tournaments where it was used as the collective name of the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings.[ 2]
Conference standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first round
First round Semifinals Championship 1
Michigan Tech
7
5
—
8
Alaska
1
3
—
1
Michigan Tech
0
4
Ferris State
1
2
Minnesota State
5
0
3
7
Lake Superior State
2
2
0
4
Ferris State
2
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2
Minnesota State
1
3
Bowling Green
1
7
3
6
Bemidji State
3
2
1
2
Minnesota State
2
3
Bowling Green
1
4
Ferris State
3
5
—
5
Northern Michigan
2
2
—
Note: * denotes overtime periods
Results
First round
All times are local.
Game reference Davis Jones (40:00) Goalies Jamie Phillips Referees: Linesmen: 0 – 1 8:36 – Joel L'Esperance (Gould, Watson) Tyler Morley – 11:051 – 1 1 – 2 13:29 – Dylan Steman (Petan, Watson) 1 – 3 4:05 – Jake Lucchini (Vallis, Roy) 1 – 4 13:12 – Joel L'Esperance (Heinonen, Steman) 1 – 5 14:28 – Alex Gillies (Lucchini, Hanna) 1 – 6 7:38 – Cliff Watson (Heinonen, Steman) 1 – 7 15:24 – C.J. Eick (Petan, Watson)
8 min Penalties 8 min 21 Shots 42
Game reference Davis Jones Goalies Jamie Phillips Referees: Linesmen: Chad Staley (Erickson, Morley) – 2:27 1 – 0 1 – 1 12:09 – Alex Petan 1 – 2 12:40 – Reid Sturos (Vallis, Neville) 1 – 3 3:48 – Alex Gillies (Baltus, Auk) 1 – 4 4:39 – Joel L'Esperance (Eick, Vallis) Tyler Morley (Atkinson, Woods) – pp – 11:46 2 – 4 Marcus Basara (Atkinson, Huysmans) – pp – 17:23 3 – 4 3 – 5 19:25 – en – Malcolm Gould
8 min Penalties 8 min 24 Shots 40
March 11, 2016 (7) Lake Superior State 2 – 5 (2) Minnesota State
March 12, 2016 (7) Lake Superior State 2 – 0 (2) Minnesota State
March 13, 2016 (7) Lake Superior State 0 – 3 (2) Minnesota State
March 11, 2016 (6) Bemidji State 3 – 1 (3) Bowling Green
March 12, 2016 (6) Bemidji State 2 – 7 (3) Bowling Green
March 13, 2016 (6) Bemidji State 1 – 3 (3) Bowling Green
March 11, 2016 (5) Northern Michigan 2 – 3 (4) Ferris State
March 12, 2016 (5) Northern Michigan 2 – 5 (4) Ferris State
Semifinals
All times are local (UTC−4 ).
Game reference Chris Nell Goalies Cole Huggins Referees: Linesmen: 0 – 1 5:18 – Brad McClure (Brickley) 0 – 2 7:00 – Casey Nelson (Franklin, Knutson) Mitchell McLain (Pohlkamp, Cooper) – pp – 16:05 1 – 2
12 min Penalties 8 min 24 Shots 23
Game reference Darren Smith Goalies Jamie Phillips Referees: Linesmen: Kenny Babinski (Dorantes, O'Rourke) – 11:15 1 – 0
8 min Penalties 12 min 33 Shots 30
Championship
All times are local (UTC−4 ).
Game reference Darren Smith Goalies Cole Huggins Referees: Linesmen: 0 – 1 10:33 – pp – Bryce Gervais (McClure, Jutzi) Brandon Anselmini (Lowney, Dorantes) – pp – 14:55 1 – 1 Gerald Mayhew – ps – 19:34 2 – 1
27 min Penalties 31 min 29 Shots 14
Tournament awards
G Darren Smith (Ferris State)
References
